Trump blasphemes via South Africa: Missing evidence of genocide allegation!

Trump blasphemes via South Africa: Missing evidence of genocide allegation!

Newcastle, Südafrika - President Donald Trump caused a sensation again after he presented photos and videos during a meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, which he described as evidence of an alleged genocide of white farmers in South Africa. Trump claimed that white farmers are systematically murdered in the country and, as an alleged evidence, led a video that calls for the murder of these farmers and shows a number of white crosses. He spoke of more than a thousand corpses of murdered white farmers who were buried in the immediate vicinity of these crosses. In the discussion, Ramaphosa asked whether Trump had information about the locations of these supposed graves, which Trump said no.

The evidence that Trump presented were quickly refuted by several places. A screenshot from the video that he showed does not actually come from South Africa, but from the Democratic Republic of Congo and shows humanitarian helpers with corpse bags in the city of Goma, after fighting with M23 rebels had taken place. The crosses that can be seen in the video were part of a protest from 2020 that was directed against violence against white farmers in South Africa. According to crime statistics, there were a total of 19,696 murders in South Africa from April to December 2024, of which only 36 were in connection with agricultural companies, which is only 0.2 percent.

tense relationships

Relations between the USA and South Africa have further deteriorated by Trump's unsustainable allegations. In particular, Trump's statements about discrimination against the white minority, such as the African, and his criticism of a new law on land reform, which is intended to enable expropriation of land in public interest, have caused tensions. Trump also found that a large part of the agricultural areas in South Africa is concentrated in the hands of a small white minority. However, the new law, which is intended to enable expropriation without compensation, has not yet been used in practice.

experts and experts clearly contradict Trump's representation of a genocide. This view is regarded as a conspiracy theory of right -wing extremists. The definition of genocide, which was determined by the United Nations, is not fulfilled by the present evidence. The overall social conflicts in South Africa are complex and require a differentiated understanding that goes beyond simple narrative.

Freedom of expression vs. Responsibility

Current social conflicts in South Africa are also reflected in the discussion about freedom of expression. The controversial song "Kill the Boer, Kill the Farmer", who was popular during the Apartheid period, was sung by a politician of the Economic Freedom Fighter (Eff) and is considered a call to violence. While the white minority perceives this content as dangerous, Ramaphosa emphasizes that this is an expression of opinion that is legally not to be understood literally. Courts have already decided that the statements must not lead to disregard human rights.